Selling a House During a Divorce in Pensacola: Why We Assign Two Agents
Quick answer. Selling a house during a divorce goes best when each spouse has their own agent and every expectation is in writing before the home is listed. That's how we run divorce sales at The Christina Leavenworth Team. One agent works with each spouse, much like each of you has your own attorney. Christina holds the Certified Divorce Specialist (CDS) designation, and we build the sale around your mediation agreement or settlement so price, repairs and timing are settled up front. The goal is simple: get the house sold without handing more money to the lawyers.
Written October 2026 by Christina Leavenworth, REALTOR®, Certified Divorce Specialist (CDS) and Certified Divorce Real Estate Agent, The Christina Leavenworth Team at Levin Rinke Realty. This post is general information about the real estate side of a divorce sale. It isn't legal or tax advice. Talk to your attorney about your specific agreement.
Where most divorce home sales go wrong
I've watched a lot of divorce sales fall apart. Almost every time it comes down to one of two things.
One spouse feels the agent is biased. Most agents put one person between two people who aren't speaking. Every phone call, every text, every price conversation gets read as taking a side. Once one spouse stops trusting the agent, they stop signing things. The sale stalls.
The agent didn't know what they were signing up for. A divorce sale isn't a normal listing. There's a mediation agreement or a court order that may control the price, the timeline, who pays for what and how the money gets split. An agent who has never read one of those can list the house in a way that conflicts with it. Then everybody's back in front of an attorney, paying by the hour.
Both of those problems are avoidable. That's the whole reason we built our process the way we did.
Two agents, one for each spouse
When you sell with us during a divorce, each spouse gets their own agent.
Your agent is your point of contact. You can ask your questions, voice your concerns and get straight answers without wondering what's being passed along to the other side. Your spouse gets the same thing from their agent.
It works a lot like the divorce itself. You each have your own attorney. It makes sense to each have your own person on the real estate side too.
Behind the scenes, both agents work from the same plan, the same paperwork and the same goal: sell the house for the best price the market will pay, on the timeline your agreement calls for.
What our divorce training actually covers
Christina holds the Certified Divorce Specialist (CDS) designation and is a Certified Divorce Real Estate Agent. In plain English, here's what that training means for your sale.
We read your mediation agreement or settlement first. Before we talk about list price, we look at what you've already agreed to. Who approves a price reduction? Who pays for repairs? Is there a deadline to list or to close? The listing has to fit inside those answers.
We know how to work alongside attorneys and mediators. We're not there to give legal advice. We're there to make sure the real estate side doesn't create new legal problems.
We have court experience. Some divorce sales involve a judge, a court order or testimony about value. We've been in that room, and we know how to document a sale so it holds up.
Our paperwork is written so nobody's surprised
This is the part most people don't think about until it's too late.
The fights in a divorce sale usually don't happen at the listing appointment. They happen three weeks in, when the first offer comes in low, or the inspection finds a roof problem, or one spouse wants to drop the price and the other doesn't.
So we settle those questions before the house goes live. Our listing paperwork spells out how offers get reviewed, how a price change gets approved, how repair requests get handled and how both spouses get updates. Both of you sign off on it at the start.
When the hard moment comes, there's nothing to argue about. You already agreed how to handle it. That's how the house gets sold without another round of attorney invoices.
What the process looks like
We start with a separate conversation with each spouse, usually by phone, so each of you can be honest about your goals and your worries.
Then we review your mediation agreement or settlement and run a pricing analysis based on real comparable sales in your neighborhood. Both spouses see the same numbers.
Next comes the listing paperwork with the decision rules built in. Once both of you sign, we prepare the home, photograph it and go to market.
From there each of you hears from your own agent. Every offer goes to both of you. Every decision follows the process you already agreed to. And when it closes, the proceeds go where your agreement says they go.
We handle divorce sales across Pensacola, Gulf Breeze, Pace, Navarre, Perdido Key and Pensacola Beach. If the house is also an inherited property or part of an estate, our probate sale guide covers how that side works.
Talk to us before you list
If you're in the middle of a divorce and the house needs to sell, call us before you sign anything with anybody. Even a quick conversation can save you a lot of back and forth later.
Everything stays confidential, and we're happy to talk with your attorney too. Call or text Christina at (850) 786-3996.
Christina Leavenworth, licensed in Florida as Christina Brunet-Sabastia. REALTOR®, The Christina Leavenworth Team at Levin Rinke Realty, 823 E Gadsden St, Pensacola, FL 32501. (850) 786-3996. Certified Divorce Specialist (CDS), Certified Divorce Real Estate Agent, Military Relocation Professional (MRP), Probate Specialist.